Organisational Management Group

The Operational Management Group (OMG) is made up of volunteers from a range of backgrounds, with a particular interest in men's health in Scotland.  They bring together a broad range of experience and expertise from academic, voluntary and statutory sectors.

The OMG has four key areas of responsibility:

• Financial management of the organisation
• Strategic direction of the work we develop
• Consensus on policy statements and consultations
• Employment of the Men's Health Forum Scotland staff team

Organisational Management Group members

Tim Street, Chair

Tim Street has been involved with MHFS since 2001 when he was appointed as its first National Co-ordinator.  At the time this was a role which was very much focused on building up networks and partnerships between a host of varied organisations across Scotland and getting them to consider men's health as an issue.  On leaving this post in 2003 he joined the Operational Management Group of MHFS and was elected Chair in the summer of 2005.  This fits well with what he wants to achieve through his working life, as he is very interested in the improvement of health and well being through appropriate and thorough training of people to communicate to the highest possible standard with others.  Tim works as a freelance trainer and consultant (www.timstreet.org).

Dave Morran

Dave Morran currently works as a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Stirling. From 1989 - 1996 he was joint founder of the CHANGE Programme, the first probation based group work programme in the UK to work with men who had been convicted of violence against their partners. He has had considerable experience of training probation officers and social workers throughout the UK in the development and delivery of such programmes, and has more recently been providing training on the impact of men’s abuseive behaviour upon themselves – physically, psychologically and emotionally. Dave who is co-author, with Monica Wilson of Men Who Are Violent to Women – A Groupwork Practice Manual. Dave continues to work directly with men in Glasgow who have been convicted of violence. He is also involved in developing services for men in the West of Scotland who have not been brought before the courts but whose violence and abusive behaviour are nevertheless a cause for concern to others and to themselves.

Dave is currently conducting research into processes of behaviour change among men who are damaging to themselves and others, interviewing ‘formerly violent’ men throughout the UK and Ireland. He is the author of several publications in the field of working with men’s violence and with other pracitioners in this field is currently editing a book aimed directly at men who are concerned about the self damaging and abusive behaviour.

Email: dcmorran@yahoo.co.uk

Mobile: 07884 207418

Jim Leishman

Jim Leishman BA, RGN, RMN, Dip DN works as a Charge Nurse/Men’s Health Co-ordinator with NHS Forth Valley.

In February 2001 he co-developed a service aimed at improving the health of men.

Since then the service has gone from strength to strength. Known nationally as the Forth Valley model the Camelon Centre is viewed by many including the Scottish Executive as the way ahead for developing services aimed at improving the health of Scotland’s men.

Jim’s work has featured in numerous publications. He regularly presents at national and international conferences and in partnership with the Men’s Health Forum Scotland provides training on men’s health issues.

Mandy Judd

Mandy has been involved with the Men’s Health Forum since 2005, when she joined the steering group for the MHFS 10k. Mandy started her career in nursing and after several years, she joined Pfizer as a trainee representative. Having worked in a variety of roles including Sales, Training and Management, she became an Account Manager in 2005. In this role she is responsible for engaging with the NHS at all levels, working as an active partner on projects, which result in improvements in the quality of care delivered to patients.

Billy Pate

(details to be added)